This week, a small party of sightseers in the Tay Tra district of Quang Ngai province in central Vietnam, were travelling through a remote forest when they unexpectedly discovered 42-year-old Ho Van Lang and his 82-year-old father, Ho Van Thanh, wearing loincloths made of bark with homemade wooden axes in hand, trekking through the woods…
Year: 2013
Bioluminescent microorganisms in our oceans – nature’s beautiful palette of sea sparkles
It’s a hauntingly beautiful phenomenon created by an unusually high concentration of Noctiluca scintillans (or Sea Sparkles), a single-celled bioluminescent algae of the dinoflagellate species that turns the water a brilliant, glowing, ethereal blue. Floating in swarms of millions and feeding on plankton and bacteria, it is believed that the Sea Sparkles generate their glow…
Awh, how sweet. Thieves break into nonprofit for 2nd time to return stolen equipment – with an apology note.
Pitiful thieves broke into a southern Los Angeles nonprofit stealing laptops and other computer equipment this week. Then after finding out what the business was, a nonprofit that helps victims of sexual violence, they returned to the scene of the crime a second time in order to return all of the stolen equipment – and…
Mind-blowing libaries and book collections – maybe you can judge a bookshelf by its covers
I love to read digital books and made the move from musty old paper years ago. But when I stumbled across the website bookshelfporn.com I have to admit, I reconsidered. To showcase a collection of books in one of these lavish libraries would be a dream come true for most geeks. And hey, let’s admit…
UFO sighted on ground in Greymouth, New Zealand – man calls for other witnesses at the scene to come forth.
A UFO report coming out of New Zealand could potentially bring forth multiple eyewitnesses to an unusual sighting near the city of Greymouth. Matthew Robert says he was driving along a road in Greymouth when he came across a dark, automobile-sized object in the middle of the road. As he pulled to the side of…
Check out these gnarly skateboarding mice as they grind coping and do aerials in their mini skateboard park
Monumental shift in internet naming – thousands of new TLD’s are coming- beginning this month!
Starting this year, over a thousand new domain name extensions (gTLDs) will begin to replace the “.com” in website name addresses. Soon, there will be website name endings with Brands, like .Google, or .Gucci, city names like .NYC and .LONDON, interests, like .ART, products for .BABY, .AUTO, .FOOD and more. The introduction of new domain…
Amazing “Air Tsunami” captured over Panama City, Florida in helicopter aerial photos
JR Hott of Panhandle Helicopter Tours out of Panama City, Florida has captured a remarkable and rare weather phenomena during a helicopter tour over the city. Called an “Air Tsunami”, the photos show a visually-vibrant, low-lying haze swooping over the high-rise buildings on the Panama City coastline. The event is rare but for safety reasons,…
Tango Tor down – U.S. authorities take down world’s largest Deep Web host (and dose Tor with uncloaking malware)
Word has hit the streets that the FBI has arrested Eric Eoin Marquesm the alleged owner of Freedom Hosting, the largest Deep Web hosting platform on the planet. The arrest was made in Ireland with the takedown reportedly disrupting the entire Tor network which is, sadly, the home of the majority of all illegal online…









